Matthew 20:4
and he said to them, Go ye also into my vineyard, and what is right I will give you;
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
3And he went out at the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the market-place:
5and they went. And again he went out at the sixth and ninth hours, and did the same.
Cross References
Matthew 21:23And when Jesus came to the temple, the chief priests and the Elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said to him: By what authority doest thou these things? And who gave thee this authority?
Romans 6:16Know ye not, that to whomsoever ye give up yourselves to serve in bondage, his servants ye are, whom ye serve; whether it be to sin, or whether it be to righteousness, that ye give ear?
Colossians 4:1Masters, do equity and justice to your servants; and be conscious that ye also have a master in heaven.
Titus 3:8Faithful is the word: and in these things, I would have thee also establish them; so that they, who have believed in God, may be careful to cultivate good works: these are the things, which are good, and profitable to men.
1 Peter 4:2that he may no longer be alive to the lusts of men, while he is in the body, but only to do the pleasure of God.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 20:2-17
The Labourers in the Vineyard. 1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. 2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, 4 And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way. 5 Again he went out about the sixth and… Read the whole commentary →